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Talon Strike

A World of Warcraft quest in The Waking Shores. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Mypciscraze+8via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Hi all

I present You Storyline [storyline=1301]. This Storyline is part of Waking Hope which is criteria for Loremaster of the Dragon Isles.

See Video with Storyline if need it - https://youtu.be/fYGkvw-wBAA

Storyline in order I done it:

1. Wrathion Awaits - Fly 42.4 66.7 to see [npc=186274]
2. Lessons From Our Past - Speak with [npc=192795] Movie will start.
3a. Sharp Practice - Test the skills of 8 Blacktalon Assassins. Just speak with noobs around and fight with them.
3b. Best Plans and Intentions - You need to:
- Speak with [npc=187466] 43.7 67.2 wait until conversation finish
- Speak with [npc=186331] 42.4 66 and after conversation press on [object=377106] in tent
- Speak with [npc=186493] 42.8 66.8
- Speak with [npc=189507] 42.3 69.3 then use Scouting Scope
5a. Talon Strike - Djaradin defenses disrupted until 100%
5b. No Time for Heroes - Kill 3 NPC: [npc=186511] 35.5 68.5 on top of tower , [npc=181875] 35 66.7 , [npc=186509] 35.4 60.6 on top of tower.
7. The Courage of One's Convictions - Speak with Wrathion then move on bridge until Movie will start. Then go inside Citadel and kill 12 mobs inside.
8. Taking the Walls - When You enter Citadel You can pick up this quest. Now You need to Speak with [npc=186933] He will move you to 26.8 60.1 to destroy Siege He will do it 2 more times like that. After destroy last siege go kill [npc=186592] 27.1 57.
9. Obsidian Oathstone - First speak with [npc=196265] the npress on [spell=369785] 27.5 63.2
10. A Shattered Past - Enter vaults beneath the Citadel 27.1 61.1 and collect 12 [item=191131].
11. Forging a New Future - First go and press on [npc=194560] 24.6 60.9 then collect from [npc=189875] mobs or pick up from [object=377012] 6 [item=192548].
12. The Spark - First press on Forge and after few sec pick up from it [object=377026].
13. Restoring the Faith - Fly and speak with [npc=187495] 27.3 62.6 movie will start. After jump on [npc=187495] ( in dragon mode ) when You land movie will start. Finishing this quest will finish storyline.

Hope That Help YOu :)

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Kinbear+4via Wowhead (opens the original comment in a new tab)

Go in from the bridge, and work your way through the complex, the cherry bomb will un-elite the 'leet mobs, making them easy to take down (including the three named mobs for 'No time for heroes').

Dont do what I did and dragon-fly into the towers for the 'named', My freshly moved UI (thanks to blizzard) dumped the dragon riding vigour-bar over the top of the 'cherry bomb' action-icon, and I got slaughtered before I knew what was going on.

also Watch out for Pierecer Gigra, he has a knock back that shots you off the tower, and probably to your death.

Happy hunting. :D

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-70
ZoneThe Waking Shores
Quest ID65956

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(65956))

What to do

StorylineWrathion's Gambit, step 5 of 13
Rewards28g 9s, 9,500 XP

Description

With your help, my Blacktalon assassins will cut down the djaradin defending the outer perimeter. Mark any targets with a small stun bomb, and they will come to your aid. Proceed quickly and eliminate anything that may hinder our advance.

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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

The Waking Shores Quest turn-in 7 mapped points
The Waking Shores map showing where to go for Talon StrikeTurn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #2022 34.1 61.4

Coordinates

  • Turn-inThe Waking Shores 34.1, 61.4/way #2022 34.1 61.4
  • Objective area (centre of the marked area)The Waking Shores 36.0, 66.1/way #2022 36.0 66.1
  • Objective areaThe Waking Shores 42.5, 66.9/way #2022 42.5 66.9

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the The Waking Shores map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on The Waking Shores, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on The Waking Shores:

  • Obsidian Bulwark, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 700 yards east
  • Obsidian Throne, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 730 yards west
  • Apex Observatory, The Waking ShoresAlliance and Horde · about 1,400 yards south-west

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 300 yards south-east
  • Objective areaabout 730 yards south-east

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Related
Money28 gold9 silver
Experience9,500 XP
ReputationValdrakken Accord +100

Reward details

Reputation: Valdrakken Accord +100

Centered in their most ancient city, the Valdrakken Accord is the unified might of all dragonkind, seeking to protect not only their island home but all of Azeroth.

Reputation group: Dragonflight.

Other quests in The Waking Shores that reward Valdrakken Accord reputation: How to Glide with Your Dragon (+50), How to Dive with Your Dragon (+50), How to Use Momentum with Your Dragon (+50), Punching Up (+100), A Cultist's Misgivings (+50), The Shadow of His Wings (+150).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Storyline

Wrathion's Gambit

Part 5 of 13.

Previous: Best Plans and Intentions · Next: No Time for Heroes

  1. 1Wrathion Awaits
  2. 2Lessons From Our Past
  3. 3Sharp Practice
  4. 4Best Plans and Intentions
  5. 5Talon Strike
  6. 6No Time for Heroes
  7. 7The Courage of One's Convictions
  8. 8Taking the Walls
  9. 9Obsidian Oathstone
  10. 10A Shattered Past
  11. 11Forging a New Future
  12. 12The Spark
  13. 13Restoring the Faith

Also part of: Obsidian Citadel Alt Skip (part 4 of 16), The Waking Shores (part 36 of 52).

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Best Plans and IntentionsThe Waking Shores · Level 10-70

    Attacking the djaradin controlling the Obsidian Citadel will be no easy task. Even with Wrathion and his Blacktalon forces, this will be a fierce battle. Wrathion may be confident, but... I am not so certain.

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • No Time for HeroesThe Waking Shores · Level 10-70

    From what we have observed, djaradin society is built on strength. The strongest serve as examples for others to fight all the harder. Among the forces below are three examples of the mightiest djaradin... and your targets. You, <name>, will personally eliminate them.

The storyline at a glance

Wrathion's Gambit has 13 steps, from Wrathion Awaits to Restoring the Faith.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): The Waking Shores (13).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

  • Waking Hope Complete the following storylines in the Waking Shores.

Other storylines on The Waking Shores map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.